It was as if saying his name opened the floodgates.

"We want to make sure they just don't open the floodgates."

"Just like a human to open the floodgates of hell and run for high ground."

He later told his son that this opened the floodgates.

"Better to just open the floodgates and let the water rush in!"

But it was a show at the Modern that may have opened the floodgates.

Going there, even for just a moment, was like opening the floodgates.

"It would open the floodgates for us to hit at least 48 of their other market practices."

The score that opened the floodgates came out of nothing after 62 minutes.

Most people in the communications business expect the Bush administration to open the floodgates for the rest of the country.